On 28 Mar 2021, at 19:19, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my youth I was a Whizz kid with a slide rule. Took over my Dad's & later > bought a better one. I taught a couple of generations of Sixth Formers how to > use them and then along came the Scientific Calculator. End of story. Anyone > want a Slide Rule?
In the first computer room I worked in as a programmer, in 1981, there was a glass case on the wall, labelled “In case of emergency break glass”. It contained an abacus. > > Alan C > >> On 28-Mar-21 08:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>>> On Mar 28, 2021, at 7:27 AM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Occasionally I hear of people who still prefer to use a slide rule rather >>> than the calculator on their phone. I would probably be one of those >>> persons if only I had learned how to use the slide rule! >> Give it a try, using a slide rule is as easy as falling off a log. >>> -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
